Belt-lacing fastener.



v 'wmym L..J. SULLIVAN. BELT LACING FASTENER. 7 APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22 1916.

. YVENTOR M wnmzssss ATTORNEY Patented May 28,1918. I

e 1 j. 1, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD J. SULLIVAN, or NORTH synnnv, NEW sourH WALES, AusrnALIn.

BELr-LAcmG F sT-ENER.

v To all whom it may concern; I

. Be it known that I, LEONARD J. SU LI AN,

- a subject of the King of England, residing at North .Sydney, inthe Province of New South Wales, Australia, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements 1n Belt- Lacin g Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

,-;'An object of my invention is to provide a o fastener by which the rawhide or other lacresorted to in lacing a beltis' to pass the ,strand of the lacing in a zigzag course to prevent slipping of the lacing and to then perhaps thread the lacing back through cer- V tain of the lacing holes and to pass the ends underneath the zigzag extent of the lacing strip after which the ends are tied together, i a and it is a further object of my invention to provide such a fastener that the endsof the g lacing may be clamped and secured against slipping m a manner that the zigzag lacing may be used or several strips of lacing may .i be passed through the various lacing holes in alooped formation and the ends secured together on the outer sides of the belt, the arrangement of the clamping portions being such .that the pro er tension of the lacing strip ma be obtained and then by tightenthe amp in place, a clamping and bindmg action is obtained which is increased in its intensity as the ends of the belt may exert a tension to withdrawfrom the clamping member. s With the above and other objects in view, .niy invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter set forth in connection with the accompanying drawings and then pointed out in theclaim.

. In the'drawings I Figure 1 isa longitudinal sectional view on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan of a section of belt with the-device applied thereto.

. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation showing the zigzag or cross lacing of a belt.

4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing 'Patented Ma 2's, 191s.

separate strands or lengths of lacing con i necting the ends of the belt}. I 7

The device oomp'rises the block member 1 which i oredout in its center to have the central rib 2 extending part way up into the cored out portion fromthe lower side, the ends. 3 and 4 of the block being rounded over as is better illustratedf in Fig. 1.

This transverse rib 2 has the screw-threaded orifice 5 provided therein and a clamp lock 6 is cut out to receive the rib 2 and is formed at its ends to conform substantially to the curved shape of the interior walls of the ends8 and 4:, this clamp member 6 being provided with the countersunk bored opening 7 which is formed in alinement with th screw-threaded orifice 5 of the rib 2.

A clamp screw 8 is passed through the bored opening and is screwed into the orifice 5 and in this way the clamp member 6 may be adjusted in its relative disposition within the cored out portion of the block 1.

In the use of the device, the belt ends 9 and 10 will be provided with the lacing openings 11 and the lacing 12 will be passed therethrough either in the manner shown in Fig. 3 where a single length of lacing is given a zigzag threading through the lacing openings of the two ends and is to be secured at its free end, or a plurality of lengths of lacing may be used as in the disclosure in Fig. 4, these lengths to be connected at their free ends. In securing the lacings, the-ends are passed up through the cored out openings of the block 1 and are brought over against the ends 3 and 4:, the clamp member 6 is then placed within the cored out portion and the clamp screw 8 is passed through the opening 7 and is screwed into the orifice of the rib 2 which draws this clamp member 6 down against the end of the lacing 12 and clamps the lacing in rigid securement at its ends against the ends 3 and 1 of the block 1.

While I have herein shown and described only one specific form of the invention, it will be understood that various modifications in the construction and arrangement of theparts might be resorted to, to adapt the device for various specific uses, and hence I do not wish to be limited to the exact disclosure, but only to such points asmay be set forth in the claim.

I claim A belt lacing fastener comprising a block cored out in its central portion and having a transversely extending rib substantially centrally disposed across the lower part of the cored opening, the ends of the block in the d-opening be ng rou ed to recei e the end of a belt lacing passed through the opening and to present abroad surfacetherefor, said rib portion having a threaded opening formed] therein, a, substantially wedgeshaped clamp member made of a size to fit loosely within the cored opening of the'block" end ing he inne end't e -Q g 'QQVed to receive the rib 'so that the 'wedgep'ortionwill substantially fill the cored ,opening, said clamp member having an openin there: throughregistering with the S CI'Bw t readed c ties 01 ti l! r m? mi b m ne 9.

opening of the transversely extending rib,

and a clamp screw to be received through t e opening ef the clamp member ando rn LEONAR SULLIV Wi nesse ER R B YB, v Awnn'r BECK.

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